On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, dzMike wrote:

> I downloaded the source but was just overwhelmed and really didn't have the
> slightest idea where to start.

I don't have a mac, but I can tell you which flags are important for
configuring the command line version to compile in both Linux and Windows,
and hopefully it won't take too many additional flags to make the mac
version happy.  I use the following flags with the configure script:

./configure --enable-vt100 --enable-ncurses --without-x --enable-spline=gauss

After the script runs, type "make" to build the program.

I don't know which terminal libraries are in OSX, but I think there is
probably a good chance that vt100 is supported.  There might be a good
chance at ncurses too, so try that one as well.  If neither of those work,
you can just leave those flags out and it will use the "dumb" interface,
which will still work fine for simply converting midi->wav.

You must use the --without-x flag to build the command line only version,
otherwise it will try to detect various X-Windows libraries which you may
or may not have and configure it to use an X GUI.

--enable-spline=gauss sets the default interpolation mode to Gauss-like
interpolation, which is the highest quality interpolation mode.

If you want to play audio via the sound card, there may be an additional
flag that you'll need to pass to configure that.  ./configure --help
should give a long list of options.  Find the --enable-audio=mode_list
section.  Is Darwin CoreAudio the right option for a mac?  I have no idea.
If you're lucky, the configure script will autodetect that you have a mac
and configure that properly automatically.  If not, then you'll only be
able to convert midi->wav, you won't be able to play the audio in real
time through your speakers.

Good luck compiling it.

-Eric

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